FTSE 250 Downtrend Replay (2022-01-04 to 2022-03-07)
Replay a 90-bar FTSE 250 downtrend from 2021-11-29 to 2022-04-06, where a 19.8% max drawdown and 4.4% largest single-bar move tested every conviction. You step through the historical daily tape, face 11 decision points including 4 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review after each choice. Simulated capital only, built for educational decision training.
90 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2021-11 to 2022-04 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 128 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 19.8% and a 12.1% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −19.8%
- Max run-up
- +12.1%
- Duration
- 128 days
- Largest single-day move
- +4.4%
- Bars
- 90 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 11
Every figure above is computed programmatically from this replay’s own candle series — no editorial input, no LLM. Methodology: Methodology
The market advances day by day. You only see candles up to the current day — as if you were really there.
At key decision points choose Buy / Trim / Exit / Hold. Each decision advances the timeline by one day.
After settlement you get a six-dimension score and an AI coach review. Your result enters the scenario leaderboard.
Event Replay
What happened — and what it teaches
The FTSE 250 entered a demanding period spanning 90 trading days from 2021-11-29 through 2022-04-06. As a mid-cap index sensitive to domestic economic currents and risk appetite, the market faced a genuine correction environment where inflation concerns and policy uncertainty created persistent headwinds. For participants in this replay, the central question was how to respond when a familiar benchmark lost its footing, testing both analytical conviction and emotional discipline.
The index closed the period at 21100.7, down from 22756.3, representing a -7.3% decline. Yet the headline figure obscures the severity of the journey: a max drawdown of 19.8% tested portfolio resilience at its limits, while the largest single-bar move of 4.4% demonstrated how quickly sentiment could shift in either direction. Participants confronted 11 decision points across this stretch, with 4 critical junctures demanding clear-headed choices under mounting pressure. Each of these moments offered a different test of process—ranging from initial recognition of trend deterioration to the harder question of when, if ever, to re-enter.
This correction replay ultimately teaches that navigating downturns requires more than directional conviction. It demands a defined framework for position sizing when drawdowns approach double digits, a disciplined approach to distinguishing volatility from structural breaks, and the psychological resilience to avoid compounding losses through reactive decisions. The 4 critical decision points serve as mirror moments—each revealing how process holds up when uncertainty peaks and outcomes remain genuinely unknown.